A Childs Hill school could save £15,000 every year on energy bills, after London’s Labour Mayor has provided funding for energy efficiency. Wessex Gardens Primary and Nursery School has won a share of London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s £12.5 million pilot programme to help schools become more energy efficient. It…

Barnet Council’s mission to fix the borough’s roads has received a boost from the Labour Government. Ministers have agreed to increase central funding for fixing potholes for 2025/2026. If the increase is sustained, it will deliver almost £5 million over the next four years. The increase for the upcoming year is £1.2…

Barnet Labour’s voteshare in the Finchley Church End by-election on Thursday 6th February 2025  increased. Candidate Beverley Koteh won 29 per cent of the vote, compared to a Labour vote of 26 per cent in 2022. Barnet Labour’s Leader Councillor Barry Rawlings said: “We are making difficult decisions at the council…

Barnet’s Labour administration will have completed more than a marathon of fixing streets and pavements in the last two years by spring 2025, according to new figures. In May 2022, the Conservative administration left Barnet’s roads broken and worn down. Labour’s reaction was to announce a £97 million repair programme.…

Barnet Labour’s Cabinet Member for Family Friendly Barnet, Cllr Pauline Coakley-Webb, is urging local schools to sign up to join the 750 school ‘early adopter’ rollout of the government’s new free breakfast club programme – and support local children to start the school day ready to learn. Once the scheme is fully…

Barnet Labour is steering a course of tough decisions to bring the council to financial safety, after decades of Conservative misrule has left it seriously exposed to the current local government crisis. Barnet’s Labour Cabinet will discuss their budget plans next week (Thursday 5th December) as councils across the country…